AAWSAP DIRD, Cockpits in the Era of Breakthrough Flight, November 2010

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Figure 13. Provisional Breakthrough-Era Cockpit. The spherical zone around the cockpit center represents the
virtual surround display onto which images of the environment outside the vehicle are displayed. Keeping with
lessons of prior human interfaces, a minimal set of physical displays are also provided, with the most important
ones located deliberately in the "tunnel vision" zone in front of the pilot. [Graphic: A. Szames with background
image through M. Cherfi]
Manual With Safe Assist
To prevent the pilot from inadvertently flying into a hazardous situation, this mode
augments the manual flight controls by taking over to prevent collisions or to prevent
entry into hazardous zones (e.g., dangerous radiation or gravitational fields too strong
to escape).
When the system must take over, it would be accompanied by force­
feedback into the joysticks and obvious indications on the display.
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